. >> it's a little difficult for us right now. there is competition. a lot of the friends who graduated with me are looking for the same position, and we all have the same credential. so there is a tough competition. >> reporter: does that make you worried at all? >> of course, because i really don't know when i'm going to get a job. hopefully soon. >> reporter: another problem: there are thousands of nurses and technicians who would normally be retiring right now. but the bad economy has them staying on the job. dade medical college c.e.o. ernesto perez thinks that's a short term situation. >> it's a logjam, but it's a logjam that in the not-too- distant future. the dam is going to be burst. we're looking at 1.8 million people in medicaid, that will impacting the state of florida directly by most estimates. when you look at that, we're going to be needing nurses, technologists, physicians. >> reporter: as for our stock broker turned nurse... he shook a lot of hands, and talked with a lot of people, and he's convinced he'll soon find a nursing job. >>